Chris Connor - All About Chris

Title: All About Chris Artist: Chris Connor Release Date: 9/19/2006 Label: FiveFour Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPC: 5013929311329 Genre: Vocal Music Styles: Cool, Torch Songs, Vocal Jazz Moods: Elegant, Lively, Sophisticated, Autumnal, Boisterous, Dramatic, Freewheeling, Wistful, Intimate, Lush, Playful, Refined/Mannered, Rousing, Stylish, Energetic, Romantic, Sensual, Amiable/Good-Natured, Sentimental Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. All About Ronnie
2. Lullaby of Birdland
3. What Is There to Say?
4. Try a Little Tenderness
5. Spring Is Here
6. Why Shouldn't I?
7. Lush Life
8. Out of This World
9. A Cottage for Sale
10. How Long Has This Been Going On?
11. Stella by Starlight
12. Goodbye
13. He's Coming Home
14. Ridin' High
15. Blame It on My Youth
16. Trouble Is a Man
17. All This and Heaven Too
18. I Concentrate on You
19. A Good Man Is a Seldom Thing
20. Don't Wait Up for Me
21. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)

Year Type Label Catalog # 2006 CD FiveFour 13

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The 21 songs on this compilation were recorded in 1954 and 1955 and originally released as Chris Connor's first three solo 12" albums. Technically speaking, they're not her first solo recordings, as she'd previously done some 10" albums for the Bethlehem label. But certainly they rate among the cream of her early solo work, concentrating on material by the likes of Richard Rodgers-Lorenz Hart, Cole Porter, George Gershwin-Ira Gershwin, Gordon Jenkins, George Shearing, and Charles DeForest. On the 1955 sessions in particular (from which the final eight songs are drawn), she's backed by some top players, including Herbie Mann, Milt Hinton, J.J. Johnson, and Kai Winding. This material was important in establishing her as one of the top '50s jazz vocalists, with her intelligent interpretations and husky timbre complemented by arrangements reflecting the cool school of jazz. As the packaging is on the sparse side (though writing credits and basic session details are noted), serious Connor fans might find this too perfunctory an encapsulation of this part of her career. For more general Connor appreciators and vocal jazz enthusiasts, however, it's a good introduction and/or overview to some of the most significant recordings of her early output. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide

Name Credits Beverly Peer Bass Don Burns Piano-Accordian Ellis Larkins Piano Everett Barksdale Guitar Herbie Mann Flute, Sax (Tenor) J.J. Johnson Trombone Joe Cinderella Guitar Joe Puma Guitar Kai Winding Trombone Milt Hinton Bass Osie Johnson Drums Ralph Sharon Piano Vinnie Burke Bass